Train services hit in Assam following blockade by tribals

Train services were affected in parts of western Assam for several hours on Monday following a rail blockade called by tribal organisations demanding Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for Koch Rajbongshi community.

Protestors belonging to All Koch Rajbongshi Students Union and All Assam Koch Rajbongshi Sanmilani squatted on tracks near Gossaigaon station since early morning disrupting movement of trains, a North East Frontier Railway spokesman said here.